Istanbul
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews CROSSING a story of hope, search, forgiveness and acceptance in contemporary Istanbul.
Georgian retired teacher Lia (Mzia Arabuli) promised her deceased sister to find out her missing transgender daughter Tekla. Achi (Lucas Kankava), a neighbor, informs Lia her niece crossed the border and lives in Turkey, he proposes to a reluctant Lía to go in search of her. He will accompany her as a translator for…
Brent Hartinger and Michael Jensen have both got a big set of balls.
Brent Hartinger and Michael Jensen have both got a big set of balls. On that fateful night back in 2016 when Donald Trump won the Presidency this gay married couple decided it was time to up and leave the USA. They weren’t alone as up and down the country thousands of us made…
ELSKA Magazine checks out queer ISTANBUL the gayest city in the Muslim World
Queerguru was very pleasantly surprised to open up the latest edition of ELSKA the queer photo-zine magazine to discover it featured men (and good-looking ones at that) from the LGBTQ+ community of Istanbul Turkey. Even though homosexuality was decriminalized back in 1858 local gays can face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.…
Kedi
Turkish filmmaker Ceyda Torun and her cinematographer Charlie Wuppermann must have the patience of saints to make this enchanting new documentary of theirs, as they stalked and trailed what seemed like thousands of cats that roam the streets of Istanbul for the best part of two months. What had originally enticed Torun, a native of…
